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A low-cost parallel computing platform for power engineering applications
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A low-cost parallel computing platform for power engineering applications

C.C. Fung, S.Y. Chow and K.P. Wong
APSCOM 2000 - 5th International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management, Vol.2000, pp.354-358
IEEE
5th International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management (Hong Kong, 30/10/2000–01/11/2000)
2000
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Abstract

This paper develops and evaluates a low-cost parallel computing platform for the implementation of parallel algorithms in Power Engineering applications. The proposed approach utilises an existing local area network without incurring any additional hardware costs. Application of computational intelligence techniques based on the developed computing platform to the economic dispatch problem is outlined. The performance of genetic algorithms in parallel and cluster structures and their abilities in coping time constraint applications are also demonstrated. It is found that when the workload is large, a parallel computing structure should be exploited for cost-effectiveness purpose.

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